Sent's Explanation

''You have to make sure that those so-called Princes pay for what they did to me.'' Sent had found her voice after her servants cleaned her up and adorned her as beautifully as she used to be. One would not even be able to tell that it was the same Sent who acted like a maid that was the person now pouring out her angry mind at Prince Bane.

''My Love...'' Prince Bane was just glad to hear Sent's voice after such a long time of her being silent since he picked her up from the Vandersar palace.

''This is not time to be mushy, Bane. I want those horrible Princes to pay. And oh, their custodian too, the one whose name is McGuire or whatever, yes...'' Sent was upset to the core.

''What happened? My love, tell me what they did to you so that I can understand just how badly you want them to pay.'' Prince Bane got serious since he saw the determined look in Sent's eyes.

Sent grabbed a cigarrete, lit it and took a deep puff which seemed to ease her nerves to a great extent.

Sent looked at Xavier, there was no way she was going to reveal everything that happened to her in front of Xavier. More so, she knew that the man did not like her one bit.

Xavier understood Sent's silence and body language, and then he proceeded to excuse himself from the throneroom.

''I'll leave you two love birds to yourselves. You both take it easy on each other. Sent, welcome back home.'' Xavier took a respectful bow and then left the throneroom instantly.

''I was raped countless times.'' As soon as Sent was sure that Xavier had left the throneroom, she revealed what happened to her in Magus.

Prince Bane stared into thin air.

Was he dreaming? Was Sent joking? Did they go that far?

''Wait a minute. What did you just say?'' Prince Bane asked.

''You heard me, Bane. I said I was raped continuously, as in, over and over under the time frame of about five hours.'' Sent revealed.

''Who raped you? Who dared to rape you? Wait a minute. At the time of this so called rape, was it not known by all of them in that palace that you were the future Queen in Persia?'' Prince Bane's voice had dropped to a low growl as he started to realize just what the Princes did to Sent.

''The Princes knew and then they sent me to the servants at the gate. When I told the servants at the gate who I was, they immediately started laughing at me, claiming that I was wishing on horses to be your woman, and at that, they raped me continuously while mocking me.'' Sent told Prince Bane everything without mincing words.

''As a matter of fact, I was kept in a barn close to horses and the custodian asked that whenever I was to be given to the servants again, I should be very dirty while they had me.''

Prince Bane wished he was hearing something else, at least a lie.

''Are you kidding me? Sent did all this actually happen to you or is this some kind of cheap joke?'' Prince Bane asked.

''Cheap joke? Did you not see how I looked when you came to the palace? Was i not rough, dirty, and smelly, upto the extent that you asked me not to speak again since my mouth stunk so badly?'' Sent asked.

Prince Bane's fury was climbing slowly from his legs to his head.

''Wait, you mean, the Princes knew that you belonged to me, yet they sent you out to get raped?''

Sent nodded.

''I have ansered that a thousand times. Yes, that is exactly what they did. I did not hide anything, neither did I add to to what happened to me. I wish they had beaten me up instead of raping me. I was raped and used. I felt so ashamed of myself. I still do. Luckily, only both of us know about what happened, and oh, Roger as well. He was aware of it but there was nothing he could do. In fact, I need to thank him because he came out to save me at a point when he saw that it was getting too much...'' Sent smoked her cigarrete as if her life depended on it.

There was silence between the two love birds.

''What are you going to do about it? Whatever you choose to do, I hope you do it discreetly because I don't want anyone to know that I was raped in the Vandersar palace.''

Prince Bane was furious and wished he could just get up and go and burn the Vandersar palace down, but he understood Sent a great deal. There was no way he was going to reveal to everyone that she was raped by mere servants.

''Xavier is asking me to stand down and sign the treaty.'' Prince Bane shook his head, the chain of losses he had suffered was pulling him down a great deal.

''What? I beg your pardon? What treaty? After all I have gone through in that worthless kingdom?'' Sent flung her cigarette out of anger as she yelled at her lover.

''I know, I know. But it is a bit tricky. He is backing down because it is the logical thing to do. Did you confirm that the girl is an Usylon? The one at the Vandersar palace.'' Prince Bane said to Sent.

''She read and interpreted the sacred code. Nobody in the history of all the kingdoms have ever been able to read the code, not even our forefathers before us. I understand Xavier a great deal. We will be taking on a great war if we dared to step up to Magus at this time.'' Prince Bane was furious, but also weak because he knew the power behind anyone who was able to read the code.

''Never! We are not signing any treaty. Now while I am alive.''